President Scott Wilson said the society was very happy with their accolade.

"We're very pleased and honoured to get the award and it's great recognition for all of our committee and members for all of the hard work they've been doing over the years."

"We've been blessed with a very keen group and I think we all feed off each other's energy out there, it really makes it quite enjoyable and while it's all volunteer work, you do get a lot out of it."

Mr Wilson said the award recognised that the EGHS has a substantial historical collection and is of value to the community.

"The reward is that others have seen that and appreciate the work we're doing to preserve (history) and promote it."

Mr Wilson said Goldfields history was popular due to its connection to wider Australia and the world through mining and the gold rush.

"We have a lot of people who are interested in the history but also in their family history, so we have visitors coming through from out of town and they sign up as members as well.

"The interest is there for the vital part that the Goldfields have played a part in not just WA history but history from right across the country, the influx we had from Victoria and New South Wale and people from all over the world when they came to the Goldfields and set up home.

"It's not too hard to find a relative who has had some experience here in the Goldfields, so we do get a lot of interest from the genealogical side of things."

The EGHS has plenty coming up this year, including a booklet launch for the 80th anniversary of the Kalgoorlie-Boulder race riots in March.